The List

"Time up!" Klaus declared.

The moment his voice registered in their brains, all the students stopped whatever they were doing.

All the Automatons around also ceased their movements, hanging their heads low as though the power in them had been cut off. The hole where they spawned from also ceased to bring forth anymore.

"Hoo… that was fun." I whispered.

Klaus told all of us to stand in a row, while he snapped his fingers to jolt the Automatons back to life.

Once they cocked their heads and began moving again, the constructs moved in the direction of their spawn site and fell into the hole they had came from.

I watched as the last of them disappeared from sight and, shortly after, the tiles that vanished earlier returned to their spots. It was as if the holes that were spread across the stage never existed.

"Congratulations on making it this far. The results will be announced shortly, but before that, I will clarify that there was no bias in recording your scores."